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but the shopkeeper and his daughter blamed him of stealing the jewellery. He got punished as he failed to prove his innocence. His hands and legs were broken but he got job at an oil extractor's workplace where he has to keep the bull moving on the extractor mechanism. One day he was singing Song of 'Deepak Raga' and due to his songs all the lamps turned on. The daughter of
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Vikramaditya's SadeSati (Period of Saturn) is associated with Chandwad. In his bad time he wandered through the jungles of Tamolindapur (Chandwad) and later on he came in the town after a long period so it was difficult to prove his kingship to anyone. He started doing job at a grocery shop
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Mahadev Temple was built by King Chandradev about 2100 years ago and worshiped Lord Shiva. The Shiva temple Chandreshwar is located on the north-east mountain. There were seven 'Shaiv Gosavis' looking after the temple as well performing the rituals at the temple. After the death, their
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393::Cāndavaḍa) is a town located in the Nashik district in Maharashtra. It is 250 km from Mumbai. The 11th-century Jain Caves, Renuka devi mandir, Chandreshwar temple and Rangmahal are in Chandwad.
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